Exclusive! Coco Rocha's Nursery Is Perfect for a Model-in-Training

When Canadian model Coco Rocha and her husband, interior designer James Conran, learned they were expecting, they knew what they didn’t want: a princess-y, pastel nursery for their Westchester home. While their stone house looks traditional from the outside, the inside is supermodern, with white walls, dark gray floors, pops of color, and lots of art.

“I never wanted a nursery to look too babyish,” the new mother of two-week-old Ioni said by phone. “A baby doesn’t know that it’s in a room just for them. I wanted it to be interesting.” But because Conran paints, even Rocha’s own mother-in-law asked when the pink mural of clouds or flowers would be going up on the wall. “I realized early on I didn’t want any of that.”

Like an increasing number of modern women (this author included), Rocha didn’t want to fill the room with furniture or art that only works in a baby’s room. “James and I are obsessed with finding great art,” said Rocha, “but Alex did a great job of putting them together like that.”

The Alex in question is Alex Reid, the One Kings Lane designer who worked with the couple to create their dream—and shoppable—nursery. After using Pinterest as a jumping-off point, Reid considers this room the super high-octane version of the rest of the house. A collection of furniture from different periods and genres gives the room character and its sense of fun, but there was one piece Rocha and Conran initially couldn’t envision: the black-and-white gingham daybed. “We thought it was too old, too grandma,” she said. “And on top of that, he had all those pillows we thought were too different.”

Now? “It’s a room everyone gravitates to, and we’re so happy we got the couch.”

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It’s difficult to picture a nursery without a rocking chair, but Coco didn’t want one that would retire to the attic between babies. The Pendleton pattern and unique shape makes this perfect for many years to come.